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latis, floribus przecocibus pentameris candidis sessilibus ad ramulorum apices glomeratis 
fragrantibus, bracteolis herbaceis late ovatis apiculatis calycis limbum subtruncatum vel 
denticulatum brevem excedentibus, corolle lobis ovalibus obtusis tubum zquantibus, 
antheris sessilibus majore parte inclusis, stylo bifido. 
Наб. in rupibus ad oppidum Abbeokuta, legit Barter ! no. 3343. 
Frutex parvus; folia (juvenilia) pollicaria; flores pollicares. 
14. COFFEA JASMINOIDES, Welw. MS. in Herb. 
C. fruticosa plus minusve sarmentosa ramosissima, ramis patentibus decussatis pube- 
rulis vel glabratis, foliis ovalibus acuminatis rarius apice rotundatis ssepe mucronulatis 
basi rotundatis vel rarius subcuneatis oppositis vel rarius quasi quaternate verticellatis 
deciduis chartaceis nervis exceptis glabratis supra nitidis infra secus costam et 4-5-jugos 
nervos puberulis vel brevipubescentibus breviter petiolatis, stipulis e basi brevi lata 
subtruncata setaceo-apiculatis petiolum pubescentem subexcedentibus, floribus candidis 
extus заре roseo-sanguineis vel niveis fragrantibus sepe subpendulis solitariis vel sub- 
geminis lateralibus vel ramulos abbreviatos laterales terminantibus preecocibus subsessi- 
libus basi bracteolatis, bracteolis glumaceis ovatis vel lanceolatis acutis imbricatis caly - 
cem excedentibus rarius quibusdam subfoliaceis, calycis urceolati limbo ssepius 8-fido 
lobis rotundatis rigidulo-membranaceis glabris, corolla 7—6- rarius 5-loba caduca, antheris 
sepius 7-6 erectis subinclusis filamentis brevissimis, stylo bifido lobis patulis crassis 
lanceolato-spathulatis obtusis intus stigmatosis. 
Hab. in sylvis et dumetis densis ad basim et declivia montium Serra do Alto Queta 
territorii Angolensis, Golungo Alto legit Welwitsch ! no. 2572, Decembr. 1854 et Octobr. 
1855 с. flor., etiam Novembr. 1855 et Junio 1856 c. fr.; in Nigritia ad Onitsha legit 
Barter ! no. 1249 (suffrutex subscandens, baccis albis); etiam ad oppidum Old Calabar 
legit Rev. W. С. Thomson ! по. 37, freq. 
Frutex 2-5-pedalis; folia 11-3 poll. longa, 3-14 poll. lata. Flores pollicares vel 
sesquipollicares ; расса 3-3 poll. diam. 
15. Correa ВАСЕМОЗА, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 145, n. 2 (1790), non Ruiz et Рахов 
(1799). 
C. ramosa, Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. р. 198. n. 10 (1819). 
C. mozambicana, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 500. n. 18 (1830). 
Hab. Mozambique Island, Loureiro. 
The seeds are said to be used for coffee. I have seen no specimen. 
Excluded Species. 
CoFFEA LAURINA, Poir. in Encycl. Méth. Suppl. ii. p. 14. n. 15 (1811), is Craterispermum 
laurinum, Benth. Sierra Leone. | | 
Correa сүмозА, Willd. ex Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. у. p. 201. n. 27 (1819), is doubt- 
fully referred to Chasalia Fontanesii, DC. Bourbon. 
